For those who aren't familiar with NaNoWriMo, here's the summary from the "official" website:
Or, for those who wish to write 50,000 words without reading 1,000: Write 50,000 words this November. It can be about anything, and as poorly written as you wish; just write.National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing on November 1. The goal is to write a 50,000 word, (approximately 175 page) novel by 11:59:59, November 30.
Valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over painstaking craft, NaNoWriMo is a novel-writing program for everyone who has thought fleetingly about writing a novel, but has been scared away by the time and effort involved.
Because of the limited writing window, the ONLY thing that matters in NaNoWriMo is output. It's all about quantity, not quality. This approach forces you to lower your expectations, take risks, and write on the fly.
Make no mistake: you will be writimg a lot of crap. And that's a good thing. By forcing you to write so intensely, you are giving yourself permission to make mistakes. To forgo the endless tweaking and editing and just create. To build without tearing down.
As you spend November writing, you can draw comfort from the fact that, all around the world, other National Novel Writing Month participants are going through the same joys and sorrows of producing the Great Frantic Novel. Wrimos meet throughout the month to offer encouragement, commiseration, and - when the thing is done - the kind of raucous celebrations that tend to frighten animals and small children.
In 2010, we had over 200,000 participants. More than 30,000 of them crossed the 50k line by the midnight deadline, entering into the annals of NaNoWriMo superstardom forever. They started the month as auto mechanics, out-of-work actors, and middle school English teachers. They walked away novelists.
So, to recap:
What: Writing one 50,000 word novel from scratch in a month's time.
Who: You! We can't do this unless we have some other people trying it as well. Let's write laughably awful yet lengthy prose together.
Why: The reasons are endless! To actively participate in one of our era's most enchanting art forms! To give yourself permission to write without obsessing over quality. To be able to make obscure references to passages from our novels at parties. To stop being one of those people who say, "I've always wanted to write a novel," and become one of those people who can say, "Oh, a novel? It's such a funny story - I've written three."
By my clock, there's still a bit more than a week for anyone interested to decide on a plot and research character names, so there's still a bit of time left for anyone interested.
And I do hope people are interested; the more people share their plot ideas and novels here, the more likely it is that mine will go unnoticed
.Not that that will stop me from using anyone passing by as a source of free editing
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I might have to try this ... could be fun
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... day one less then a thousand words 
